I'm taking all the credit for this.
Back in June, I posted my hopes that Jared Harris would reprise his role as season one baddie David Robert Jones in a timeline where he hadn't been killed by Peter. A few weeks later, Harris even stated he'd be open to returning.
Set photos have emerged showing Harris, who currently stars on AMC's period drama Mad Men, on the set of Fringe. And while he won't give away specifics, Joshua Jackson thinks it's pretty cool. "The fact that we’re getting back to David Robert Jones and going back basically into Season 1 to rehash all of that stuff, is super-cool," he told TV Line. "And [Jared Harris] is a great actor to have on the show. But I don’t want to give away the way [he returns], because if you’ve been watching from the very beginning, it’s a very satisfying reveal."
When we last saw Jones in the season one finale, he was being chopped in half by a closing portal between the two universes. That portal, which was closed by Peter, was opened over a very popular location for Fringe -- Reiden Lake.
Executive producer Jeff Pinkner was more enigmatic about Harris's return, though: "There are pictures of Jared Harris (David Robert Jones) on the set of our show," he told Give Me My Remote. "To what extent and what the character is and who the character is and how the character is, those are things that we don’t want to spoil."
Fringe's midseason finale, "Wallflower," will air Friday, November 18, on FOX at 9/8c.
YES!
Love to see him back. This would make Fringe more interesting